TY - GEN
T1 - A proposal of a wide band for Air Traffic Control Communications
AU - Tu, Ho Dac
AU - Shimamoto, Shigeru
AU - Kitaori, Jun
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In this paper, a new and wide frequency band was proposed for Air Traffic Control Communication (ATC), C band, which could be a supplement to its conventional VHF band. The radio propagation characteristics at this band under ATC conditions were studied through several experiments and theoretical analysis. For this communication channel, Nakagami-Rice distribution was used to extract Rice factor. This study also shows received power level of radio signal for the conical area above the ground antenna system was very weak and was not good enough for a reliable communication. A new antenna model was proposed to increase signal power in this area by reflecting the side lobe of antenna beam pattern at the ground system. This paper concluded the feasibility of utilizing a wideband communication for the next generation of ATC communication.
AB - In this paper, a new and wide frequency band was proposed for Air Traffic Control Communication (ATC), C band, which could be a supplement to its conventional VHF band. The radio propagation characteristics at this band under ATC conditions were studied through several experiments and theoretical analysis. For this communication channel, Nakagami-Rice distribution was used to extract Rice factor. This study also shows received power level of radio signal for the conical area above the ground antenna system was very weak and was not good enough for a reliable communication. A new antenna model was proposed to increase signal power in this area by reflecting the side lobe of antenna beam pattern at the ground system. This paper concluded the feasibility of utilizing a wideband communication for the next generation of ATC communication.
KW - Air Traffic Control
KW - Nakagami-Rice distribution
KW - Rice factor
KW - Rice fading channel
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U2 - 10.1109/wcnc.2008.347
DO - 10.1109/wcnc.2008.347
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51649088486
SN - 9781424419968
T3 - IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
SP - 1950
EP - 1955
BT - WCNC 2008 - IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Conference Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2008
Y2 - 31 March 2008 through 3 April 2008
ER -